Philip O'Sullivan Beare ( ga, Pilib Ó Súilleabháin Béirre, 1590–1660) was an Irish soldier who became more famous as a writer. He fled to
Habsburg Spain
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during the time of
Tyrone's Rebellion, when
Gaelic Ireland
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was making its last stand against
Tudor England
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. He subsequently authored the book, the ''Catholic History of Ireland'', which offered a history from the perspective of the native
Irish Catholics
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.
Biography
Philip O'Sullivan Beare was the son of
Dermot O'Sullivan and nephew of
Donal O'Sullivan Beare, Prince of Beare. The O'Sullivans, headed by the O'Sullivan Beare, owned much of
Valentia Island
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in south-western Ireland.
He was sent to Spain in 1602, and was educated at
Compostela by Vendamma, a Spaniard, and John Synnott, an Irish Jesuit.
He served in the Spanish army. In 1621 he published his ''Catholic History of Ireland'', a work not always reliable, but valuable for the Irish wars of the author's own day. He also wrote a ''Life of St. Patrick'', a confutation of
Gerald of Wales
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and a reply to
James Usher
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's attack on his ''History''.
He died in 1660 in Spain, leaving a "daughter of twelve years to inherit his titles in Ireland and his goods".
Works
* O'Sullivan Beare, Philip,
Historiae Catholicae Iberniae'. Spain. 1621. Edited by
Matthew Kelly
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1850, Dublin: Printed by John O'Daly. Portion translated into English by Matthew J. Byrne 1903, titled
Ireland under Elizabeth', and also
'. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker.
See also
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Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh
Roderick O'Flaherty ( ga, Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh; 1629–1718 or 1716) was an Irish historian.
Biography
He was born in County Galway and inherited Moycullen Castle and estate.
O'Flaherty was the last ''de jure'' Lord of Iar Connacht, a ...
*
Anthony Bruodin
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John Colgan
John Colgan, OFM (Irish ''Seán Mac Colgan''; c. 1592 – 15 January 1658), was an Irish Franciscan friar noted as a hagiographer and historian.
Life
Colgan was born c. 1592 at Priestown near Carndonagh. He joined the Franciscan Order and w ...
*
Conor O'Mahony (priest)
Conor O'Mahony (Irish language, Irish: ''Conchobhar Ó Mathghamhna''; 1594–28 February 1656) was an Irish Catholic priest, academic and author who belonged to the Society of Jesus. He was educated in Spain and Portugal, spending much of his life ...
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1590 births
1660 deaths
17th-century Irish people
People from County Cork
Irish writers
17th-century Irish historians
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Irish expatriates in Spain
Irish soldiers in the Spanish Army
People of Elizabethan Ireland
Irish chiefs of the name